VivirLatino

For all those that blame all the problems of the world on “illegal” immigration, including documented Latino immigrants, the news that so called “legal” immigrants hoping to be first in line for employer-sponsored green cards lost time and money when the government suddenly announced Monday that no new applications would be taken until the fall doesn’t make the current system look so hot.

The State Department announced last month that employment visa numbers were available for all people seeking employer-sponsored green cards, except unskilled workers. It sometimes takes years for applicants to get those numbers.
The announcement meant that as early as Monday, Citizenship and Immigration Services would begin accepting applications. The applications are hefty, requiring medical exams, a lot of documentation and the applicant’s presence in the United States.
But an update on the State Department Web site posted Monday said 60,000 such numbers were no longer available because of “the sudden backlog reduction efforts by Citizenship and Immigration Services offices during the past month.”
The department called the backlog reduction an “unexpected action” and said employment visa numbers would be available again Oct. 1.

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